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The Vulnerable and Transcendent God:
The Postliberal Theology of William Placher
Author(s) -
Nelson Derek
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
dialog
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.114
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 1540-6385
pISSN - 0012-2033
DOI - 10.1111/j.0012-2033.2005.00268.x
Subject(s) - fundamentalism , transcendence (philosophy) , philosophy , secularism , religious studies , theology , solidarity , political science , islam , law , politics
: Between the extremes of fundamentalism and secularism, the postliberal Presbyterian theologian William Placher offers a dynamic middle way. This “Theology Update” summarizes Placher's work. Warning us against prematurely domesticating God's transcendence, Placher presents a picture of a God who is radically transcendent, and therefore recklessly immanent in creation. God is vulnerable in Christ, who saves us through solidarity, reconciliation and redemption.